Evaluation of thermal comfort in university classrooms through objective approach and subjective preference analysis

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-120

  Nico, Maria Anna ^a   Liuzzi, Stefania ^a   Stefanizzi, Pietro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Fanger's model; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; TEACHING; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; OBJECTIVE APPROACHES; PREFERENCE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL PREFERENCES; UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE MODEL; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FANGER MODEL; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION; UNIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EVALUATION STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84922832923     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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